Politics
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Waiting for a miracle in Congo: a peace process with many processes and no peace – By Kris Berwouts
Congo is on hold After M23 left Goma in early December, the military situation around the town stagnated. Apart from some repositioning in the ... -
Why the next Pope should be African – By Richard Dowden
Over the decades that I have travelled in Africa I have met only four African atheists. Africans seem naturally networked to religion. All meetings ... -
“˜Defending’ Zuma: why South Africa remains most attractive place to do business in Africa – By Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica
Have Africa analysts overcooked their “˜house views’ such that they are now tending to exaggerate the relative downsides of South Africa while overstating the ... -
Mali: Why the Hardest Part is Yet to Come – By Imad Mesdoua
Retaking the north was the easy part. Now Mali faces guerrilla attacks, reportedly increasing cooperation between rebel groups, ‘the Tuareg problem’, and a divided ... -
Joyce Banda: Between Saving the Economy and Winning Elections – By Jimmy Kainja
Last October the president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, told European Union delegates in Brussels that she was ready to sacrifice her political career for ... -
Things fall apart in Tanzania: on media manipulation and hypocrisy – By Edward Clay
A Tanzanian journalist, who won an award for journalists of exceptional potential enabling him to work for British newspapers in 2009, gave evidence for ... -
Saturday Night Fever by the lake: on youth and life in Burundi – By Kris Berwouts
I don’t know much about nightlife. Not in Belgium, not in Africa. Least of all do I know about nightlife in Rumonge, Burundi. But ... -
The Coming of Connectivity as the coming of the Town – By Naomi Pendle
If you walk northwest for about two hours away from the county capital market in Warrap state and climb the leafless tree near the ... -
Africa’s Borders: porous, unprotected and blocking trade and economic development – By Keith Somerville
Africa inherited its borders – they were not created by those who live within them, are divided by them or who cannot easily trade ... -
Situation is Critical! Bringing African writing back home – By Jeremy Weate
I’ve just received my review copy of Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them. I’m not sure I can stomach it all the way ...
